Students were asked to set out the advice they'd give to both the government and Acacia on issues of legal identity a tax dispute simmering since 2012 and the recent ban on makinikia the concentrate sent overseas for smelting until President John Magufuli banned its export in March (AC Vol 58 No 13 Risks for all in mining row)...
Werema resigned over the affair in December 2014 and President John Magufuli sacked Muhongo last month...
Now that the second committee appointed by President John Magufuli to look at Acacia Mining's exports of gold-copper concentrate has largely backed the findings of the first the battle lines are set for an epic confrontation on the exploitation of Tanzania's natural resources...
The arrests of Sethi and Rugemalira followed President John Magufuli's summary suspension of the Director General of the Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority Felix Ngamlagosi after he issued a public notice soliciting feedback on IPTL's request to extend its Power Purchase Agreement with the Tanzania Electric Supply Company Ltd...
President John Pombe Magufuli's government has banned export of the materials since 3 March because he believes Acacia majority-owned by Canada's Barrick Gold has been concealing the value of its exports...
President John Pombe Magufuli is experiencing conflict between his campaign against corruption and his increasingly dictatorial methods...
The demise of the sugar production company Bagamoyo EcoEnergy (BEE) after millions of dollars of investment over ten years is being seen as much as a test of President John Magufuli's development agenda as of Tanzania's receptiveness to foreign investment...
It is looking increasingly likely that President John Magufuli's anti-corruption campaign will steer clear of investigating the abuse of state pension funds including the National Social Security Fund (AC Vol 57 No 23 The bulldozer's light tread)...
The year will be dominated by President John Pombe Magufuli's efforts to reshape Tanzania after ten years of President Jakaya Kikwete's directionless rule...
Many heads have rolled since President John Pombe Magufuli came to office just over a year ago...